Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

Does Your Traffic Management Software offer Traffic Simulation?

GEWI’s new TIC3 can be used to check multiple scenarios and recommend the best alternative based on current real-time conditions. TIC3’s new architecture provides the most flexible, user friendly, easily configurable software platform in the world for Traffic Management and 511 operations. Visit GEWI at ITS World Congress, booth #1025. With TIC3, the only limitation is your imagination. To discuss your requirements, contact jim.oneill@gewi.com


AVIATION

1) FAA Splits Controller Duties, Streamlines Training
Link to AP story:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j83o7kR9VgY1ORelvpyBW0mmIcWgD93UE3280

2) Meeting the Airport Customer Service Challenge
Link to story in Business Travel News:
http://www.btnmag.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003875464

3) Check Out Your Future Check-In
Link to CNN story:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/20/future.airports/

4) American Airlines Sues Yahoo Over Search Terms
Link to AP story:
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/263/story/480162.html

5) Project Runway: Testing How Tarmac Handles Jet-Plane Traffic
Link to story in Wired:
http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/magazine/16-11/st_landinggear

6) Responses to Questions for the Record; September 2008 Hearing on the Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status and Issues
US Government Accountability Office provides written responses to Congress.
Link to responses from GAO:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09130r.pdf

GPS / NAVIGATION

7) Service Providers Boost GPS Navigation Data
Link to story in PC World:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/152512/service_providers_boost_gps_navigation_data.html

MARITIME

8) 2010 US Deadline to Scan All Port Cargo Won’t be Met
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-10-20-cargo_N.htm

OTHER

9) Group to Share Patents for Radio Tracking
Link to Reuters story:
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/news/gizmos/story.html?id=3e8b4065-4b4a-4cb1-8c1b-60675956c6c0

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Australia to Launch Border Control Biometrics
Link to story on ZDNet Australia:
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62047463,00.htm

11) Nassau County, New York Takes Down ‘Wall of Shame’
County says it will post photos and names only of those convicted of DWI.
Link to story in Newsday:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/nassau/ny-lisham2112086751oct21,0,4751988.story

12) US Transportation Security Administration Administrator Kip Hawley Preps His Final Initiatives
Link to interview in Business Travel News:
http://www.btnmag.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003875473

TRANSIT

13) Stuck on the Toronto Transit Commission
Transit lovers satisfy their need to celebrate subway system with trendy homemade decals.
Link to story in the Toronto Star:
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/520895

14) Next Stop: Digital Ads
New York MTA test drives GPS bus screens.
Link to story in the New York Post:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10212008/news/regionalnews/next_stop__digital_ads_134589.htm

15) Honolulu Ending Rail Transit Advertising Campaign
Link to story in The Honolulu Advertiser:
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081021/NEWS09/810210334/1001/localnewsfront

16) ‘No God’ Slogans for London’s Buses
Link to BBC News story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7681914.stm

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) UK Highways Agency Feeds Traffic Data to Google Maps
Link to story in Computing:
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2228742/highways-agency-feeds-google


News Releases
1) First and Only Spanish-Language Alternative Transportation News Blog Debuts
2) Free Audio Tours Spotlight Bay Area's Transit-Oriented Developments
3) New Jersey Introduces Personalized Real-Time Traffic Alerts


Upcoming Events
ITS California Annual Meeting – December 8-9 – Sacramento, California
http://www.itscalifornia.org/


Today in Transportation History
1797 – The USS Constitution was launched in Boston Harbor.
http://www.ussconstitution.navy.mil/

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